On Monday, Ms Constand tweeted a passage on containing anger from the New Testament.

“I wasn’t able to fight it in any way,” she had told the court during her testimony. “I wanted it to stop.”

Lise-Lotte Lublin and former model Janice Dickinson – both Cosby accusers – were also present in the courtroom on Monday.

What could he be sentenced with?

There is a wide range of possibilities for Cosby’s sentence.

He could receive a prison term of up to 10 years for each count – which legal commentators have said is unlikely to happen.

Alternatively, all three counts may be merged into a single term of up to 10 years.

There is no mandatory minimum for the convictions. That means Cosby could be sentenced to probation, or to continued house arrest.

If the judge rules he is a sexually violent predator, he will need to register with state police and notify any community he lives in of his status, as well as undergo mandatory sex offender counselling for life.

The 81-year-old has been free on $1 million bail, but has to wear a GPS monitoring device. He can only leave his home with prior permission, to meet his lawyers or get medical treatment.

Whatever the outcome, the sentencing marks an astonishing fall from grace for the comedian – the culmination of decades of sexual assault accusations from more than 60 women across the US.